I'm a NetApp newbie looking for feedback from experience users of these boxes.
I just ordered a F85, but because of non availability of F85's was offered a 740 instead. I'm not as concerned w/ scalability as I am w/ performance. The data that it will host is under a 100GB now and should grow much beyond 200GB. The F85 that I ordered has 12 36GB drives which I figure will leave me w/ ~280GB of usable space.
There are 120 NT 4 workstations and a handful of UNIX boxes on this network. The majority of the data will be CIFS, some NFS and HTTP. I plan on moving all of the users home folders and shared data to the filer. The connectivity of the servers and filer will be at 100Mb and the workstations are at 10Mb.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
Mark
Mark,
I've had a 740 running for well over a year with ~ 150 local NT users, and many more unix users, including even more accessing the filer via a WAN link. It's got 6 ethernet interfaces lit up (one of which is gig-e), and ~600GB of storage. It serves project areas as well as home directories, and I can't say enough good things about the performance. If you don't see yourself scaling past ~ 1 TB in the near future, then I'd say no sweat, G.I.
-Marc
On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Dion, Mark D wrote:
| | I'm a NetApp newbie looking for feedback from experience users of these | boxes. | | I just ordered a F85, but because of non availability of F85's was offered a | 740 instead. | I'm not as concerned w/ scalability as I am w/ performance. | The data that it will host is under a 100GB now and should grow much beyond | 200GB. | The F85 that I ordered has 12 36GB drives which I figure will leave me w/ | ~280GB of usable space. | | There are 120 NT 4 workstations and a handful of UNIX boxes on this network. | The majority of the data will be CIFS, some NFS and HTTP. I plan on moving | all of the users home folders and shared data to the filer. | The connectivity of the servers and filer will be at 100Mb and the | workstations are at 10Mb. | | Any feedback would be appreciated. | | Mark | |
Marcus Smiley Ericsson Wireless Sr. Unix Sys Admin
The 740 is an older model and the F85 is brand new. Since the end of availability dates have already been announced for the 720 and 760, I would want to have some idea how much longer Netapp will support the 740 as compared to the F85. Bear in mind that the 700 series uses a DEC Alpha processor and the new 800 series and F85 are Intel. Soon the 740 will be the only Alpha based filer that Netapp still sells.
On the other hand, if you need something fast, and it's not clear how soon you can get a F85, then a 740 might look more attractive, especially if you are getting a nice discount because of the F85 unavailability.
I'm a NetApp newbie looking for feedback from experience users of these boxes.
I just ordered a F85, but because of non availability of F85's was offered a 740 instead. I'm not as concerned w/ scalability as I am w/ performance. The data that it will host is under a 100GB now and should grow much beyond 200GB. The F85 that I ordered has 12 36GB drives which I figure will leave me w/ ~280GB of usable space.
There are 120 NT 4 workstations and a handful of UNIX boxes on this network. The majority of the data will be CIFS, some NFS and HTTP. I plan on moving all of the users home folders and shared data to the filer. The connectivity of the servers and filer will be at 100Mb and the workstations are at 10Mb.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
Mark
Steve Losen scl@virginia.edu phone: 804-924-0640
University of Virginia ITC Unix Support
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